In the ongoing controversy surrounding gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott’s visit to Lubbock, the local chapter of the Texas Federation of Hispanic Republicans is throwing in its two cents.

The organization accused City Councilman Victor Hernandez of giving a “grievous misrepresentation of the Hispanic community” in a news release issued on Thursday, March 6.

“Mr. Victor Hernandez’ ‘pinata politics’ is an on offensive ploy calculated to generate anger and hatred against General Abbot and has strong racist underpinnings,” the statement said. “All people of good will, especially the Church community, are called to condemn Hernandez’ words and tactics.”

Essentially, the emotionally-charged news release accuses Hernandez of using race as a political tool.

This is not the first battle Ysidro Gutierrez, the chairman of the Hispanic Republican group, has had with District 1’s representative, however. He led the charge in the recall election against Hernandez last year.

The statewide controversy began after Hernandez, also the chairman of the Lubbock Tejano Democrats, called Abbott’s campaign stop at the Jimenez Bakery and Restaurant offensive, and many political leaders have chimed in since.

Abbott, who will face Democrat Wendy Davis in the November election, first dismissed the councilman’s rant on Twitter, but after an anonymous source accused Hernandez of referring to the attorney general’s wife as a “prop,” he took used the social media platform to express his outrage.

Days later, the Abbott campaign released a bilingual campaign ad featuring the owner of the Jimenez Bakery.

Mayor Glen Robertson publically apologized for Hernandez, stating that a local public official should not interfere with state races because they should be able to work with whoever is in office.

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"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own." Jonathan Swift "I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." Groucho Marx

TWO Hispanics and Mayor Robertson speak out and we have the headline: "Republican Hispanics criticize Hernandez"

So we are to assume the headline that ALL Hispanics in Lubbock are Republican.I seem to recall one of these Hispanics tried to lead a recall on Hernandez, and failed rather badly.

"Mayor Glen Robertson publically (sic) apologized for Hernandez, stating that a local public official should not interfere with state races because they should be able to work with whoever is in office."--A-J

So in PUBLICLY apologizing for Hernandez, Mayor Robertson violated his own statement on interfering with state races.....

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own." Jonathan Swift "I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." Groucho Marx

Why do so many (not all) Mexican-Americans try so hard to bring each other down when one works so hard to exceed and better our stance. It happens so often in our race....Why? Ysidro? Can we just not agree on issues move on and better ourselves by positioning parallel instead of running over each other or pulling down? It's time to make a change for our Hispanic Youth!!!

Too many people (including a couple of AJ staffers) are attempting to mine the Latina wife distraction to their advantage.

If you're still blogging or talking about it, it just proves you're a little late to the dance. It was relevant for a few days after his visit, but it's over now.

Why don't we shelve this thing and get back to the REAL issues; the issues in the campaign that affect real people in everyday life?

Of course, those issues are not half as entertaining and the preference for entertainment is the root cause for the sorry state of our state and the comedic performance of those we've mistakenly elected to office.

Even those whose job is reporting the news are writing pieces that sound more like Perez Hilton or TMZ.

Of Abbott and wife in Jimenez Bakery on a campaign stop would not be a story were it not for hernandez attempt to garner free publicity.

AG Abbott and Neil Marchbanks were invited by the Latina owner of Jimenez to use their facility during their Lubbock visit.

It was none of hernandez business who, what or where they appeared.

Free publicity. hernandez is out for número uno and could not care less about the events of that day. It's all about him and he knows his days in politics are numbered. He's desperate. He's a media hog and he's slimy.